Backlog Management Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Backlog Management (Backlog Maintenance)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Backlog Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - 34
Rank change year-on-year - - -8
Contract jobs citing Backlog Management 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.33% - 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% - 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +38.89%
75th Percentile - - £638
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £450 £400 £625
% change year-on-year +12.50% -36.00% +19.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Backlog Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 225 214 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 73.77% 90.30% 83.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 104 106
10th Percentile £199 £189 £300
25th Percentile £405 £494 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £553 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% +10.50% +3.90%
75th Percentile £600 £628 £580
90th Percentile £650 £676 £663
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 32 16
10th Percentile £46.84 £28.90 £22.65
25th Percentile £62.50 £57.38 £38.61
Median hourly rate £71.50 £80.00 £56.58
Median % change year-on-year -10.63% +41.41% -8.75%
75th Percentile £75.00 £88.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £79.00 £91.50 £70.63
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +90.48%

Backlog Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Backlog Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Backlog Management job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Backlog Management
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Backlog Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Backlog Management

Backlog Management
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backlog Management within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 7 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton - 1 - - 1
Backlog Management
East of England

Backlog Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow